Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

